Each day I will be posting about different traditions that we hold dear at this special time of year. I'm so lucky that a couple of surprise guest bloggers will be joining me along the way!

I thought it might be nice if we all got to share some traditions and ideas at the same time so each day I will also include a link up gadget so you can share posts on the same theme. On the 12th Day, December 12, I am hosting a linky party where we can share our posts on all things Christmas.

You can link up any posts that celebrate Christmas on December 12th. You can share posts about Christmas Crafts, your decorated Christmas home, Christmas recipes, Christmas Songs...anything Christmassy!

I so enjoyed visiting the 75 bloggers who shared recipes, crafts, songs and ideas last week! I don't think I have ever seen so much diversity in one party; we had links from all around the world last week! Thank you so much to everyone for adding your names to the Pinning Bloggers Master List, linking back to NatashaInOz.com and for taking the time to leave comments on everyone else's blogs.

Thank you also to all of my wonderful bloggy friends who had have added this Christmassy button to their blogs! My 12 Days of Christmas Series starts on December 1st and it culminates with a great big Christmas Party on December 12. I sure do hope you will be able to join in and link up your Christmassy posts! Click to here to read more and find out the full program!

I'm sure you are going to LOVE her blog. Sally says, "I'm a stay at home mom of 4 cute kids. I love anything that has to do with homes & decorating. My husband often gets recruited into helping me finish things that I start! We are making our house a "HOME" one project at a time!"

Have a look at some of the amazing projects Sally and her husband have completed!

I hope you enjoy checking out a few of Sally's Pinterest Pinsand while you do I also hope you enjoy this beautful piece of music. It has been used in two movies and was written by Mark Isham. It was used in the wonderful movie No Reservations Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart and Abigail Breslin but I first heard it in the touching movie Life as a House starring Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas. It is called Building a Family and not only is it a stunning piece of music I think the title of the song fits in perfectly with sweet Sally and her hubby who indeed building a beautiful family and home!

If you are like Sally and have been pinning up a storm on Pinterest why not add some pins to a blog post and share them with us at this week's party and join the fun! Maybe you have even posted a song on your blog? I would love it if you could share your favourite pins, a musical post, a craft idea, decorating tips or even some gardening hints at this weekend's Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party!

If you would like to link up a post, old or new, just add the url of your particular blog post that you would like us to visit to the Linky tool below.

Thanks so much for joining in and linking up! Don't forget to visit some of the lovely bloggers from all around the world who have linked up.

Why not make someone's day and say a quick G'day!

By the way, I have also created a central list of Pinning Bloggers so we can all find each other's Pinterest pages more easily called The Pinning Bloggers Master List.

If you would like to add your name to the Pinning Blogger's Master List just click the button!

Thanks so much for visiting today. Please click the button below to see where I am linking up this week!

Please say G'day if you have a minute and be sure to join in with this week's Say G'day Linky party if you haven't already.

I have really enjoyed exploring the wonderful pictures, recipes, crafts, songs and ideas that people have been sharing over the last few weeks. Thank you so very much to everyone for joining in with this weekly link up, for adding your names to the Pinning Bloggers Master List and for linking back to NatashaInOz.com!

Now onto this week's Party!

This week I am sharing some very beautiful ideas from a fellow Aussie who has the wonderful blogI Heart Sunny Days.

Elizabeth lives in sunny Queensland in the coastal city of Cairns.

Elizabeth blogs about her life by the beach, her days in her garden and her thrifted treasures...

Hello my dear friends! Thanks so much for stopping by for 5 minutes! I've just got a very quick post today. First, I must apologise for not visiting you all very much these last few weeks. Since the school year is winding down I seem to be spending much of my free time helping with end of year school projects, attending school concerts, helping the kids stay motivated until 2 December (that's when school finishes for the year!), and so on. I have also done a few days of relief teaching and....

Have you had a great week this week? I have had a lovely week and one day in particular was very exciting!

First I have to tell you that I had a Shellac French Manicure...I love shellac and am totally addicted to it. It's my new favourite thing!

But more importantly, on 11/11/11

I turned 40!

Thank you for making this yummy Peanut Butter & Chocolate cake for me, Stacey!

Yes indeed...I have truly had a life changing weekend!

I have had such a great birthday and I will be celebrating with all of my family tonight at my favourite Thai restaurant so I hope you don't mind that that this post is a bit brief...you only turn 40 once!

You can link up an old or new post about anything you feel excited about! You can share a tutorial, recipe, decorating idea or even a gardening tip! Just link up the particular blog post that you would like us to visit to the Linky tool below.

Thanks so much for joining in!

By the way, if you haven't already heard, I have created a central list of Pinning Bloggers so we can all find each other's Pinterest pages more easily called The Pinning Bloggers Master List.

If you would like to add your name to the Pinning Blogger's Master List just click the button!

On the eleventh day of the eleventh month on the eleventh hour, we all remember the people who died so we can live freely. Also known as Armistice Day or Veterans Day today is a memorial day observed in British Commonwealth countries and the time and date commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiegne, France, for the end of hostilities on the Western Front during WWI.

The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem "In Flanders Fields". These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their brilliant red colour an appropriate symbol for the blood spilled in the war.

I ask that you might take a moment to pause and to remember the men and women who have sacrificed their lives so that we can enjoy peace and freedom today. Can we also remember the men and women who are currently deployed abroad risking their lives for us.

Today I am thankful for so many things but I am especially thankful for the month of November!

November is a great month! I love it because it is not too hot, it is when I start decorating for Christmas, it is when I celebrate my birthday and it is the month where, for a very brief time, Peonies flourish!

I love peonies and always look forward to bringing home the first blooms of the season every November.

Peonies are native to Asia, southern Europe and western North America.

The peony is named after Paeon(also spelled Paean), a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing. Asclepius became jealous of his pupil; Zeus saved Paeon from the wrath of Asclepius by turning him into the peony flower.

The peony is a national emblem in China. Along with the plum blossom, it is a traditional floral symbol of China, where the Paeonia suffruticosa is called 牡丹 (mǔdān). It is also used symbolically in Chinese art.

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